What country are you talkin about there essssessssq? Not nowhere’s in the bad (formerly good) ol USofA. Lessen, a course, this was from a “Barbara Mandrell Christmas Homecomin” album or somethin and that there don’t count.

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Do you mean to say that someone like Val Doonican was not a country artist ?

I think he was even American or one of his wifes brothers was at least. If not i know he went on a fly drive to Orlando once and that qualifies does it not ?

He,d got a rocking chair and had reindeers on his sweater in December and he could whistle real nice.

Coz if this is all true then i am going to have to rearrange all the albums on my shelf and that’s been a life times work.

Please, please Doghouse educate us all as to what Countreeee is so we can distinguish what is just a singer in a funny hat to one that can wear the real Country singers tin badge. :-)

Roy Acuff, Vern Gosdin, Web Pierce, Red Sovine, Faron Young, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Lefty Frizzel, Don Williams, Little Jimmy Dickens, Porter Wagner, Dolly Parton, Johnny Paycheck, Buck Owens, Randy Travis and you-bet-yor-ass-the-one-and-only Hank Williams SENIOR (NOT junior or even the “third”). Hope this helps. The list goes on seemingly forever with greater and lesser lights but does not include anyone named Mandrell, Brooks (Garth or & Dunn)Sylvia, Milsap, either Rascal or Flats although Flatt, of course, as in Lester is certainly in there. Hats and belt buckles, while sometime part of the country star’s apparell are neither important nor required. Although a Nudie suit cain’t hurt.

And you know as well as I do that Val wadn’t nothin but a crooner and not half as good Der Bingle anyways. Tho I’d still like to hear him sing “Paddy McGinty’s Goat” again as it usually brought a tear to my ol eyes. And speakin a Ronnie Milsap, who, by the way, is a fabulous singer… but NOT COUNTRY at all (now that there’s a segue) maybe one day I’ll tell yall the story a what happened the day we was playin with him next to a peanut field for the President’s momma and the bomb went off. Honest.

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Let’s get our facts straight, Lawrence Welk aired on Saturday night (or it does now on PBS), but you know you are absolutely right, this isn’t “real ” country music” there’s no mention of a cow or a pick up truck or anything like that there. You couldn’t picture NASCAR footage while listening to it. Nah, I think you got it just right, maybe we could get a pella from one of those wholesome singers to remix for this here website. (maybe it’s a little bit country… or then again.. maybe it’s a little bit rock n roll :-)) Sorry been watching too much “Dancing With the Stars…”

Sorry i would have to agree with Doghouse here, wouldn’ cha know it .

Its sure not country this is what i would call er let me think…? ah yea its one of those specialty mixes :-)

And as such should win the “Shock The Monkey” contest hands down. Congratulations;-)

Okay, okay, okay, probably I should be more careful of calling a track as “more country than christmas”(didn_t say that it IS country), probably I should train my english to find the right words and probably I should call a track just “nice” and nothing more(and that it is despite of any issues of classifying it).

Hey Loveshadow, this is a real nice track and I can_t help it, I still get some idea of country while listening to it and I am smiling again and hopefully it is no offend for you;-)

And Mr. Riley, Korn is definetely no Gin (but sort of in general)!

Merry Christmas and cheers to all of you :-)

Merry xmas back at ya, ol pal:-)